Guinea Junta Bans Protests

By Tayo Adelaja

Published: September 30, 2009

Guinea Junta Bans Protests By Tayo Adelaja Guinea’s military leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has prohibited all supposedly “subversive” gatherings and demonstrations after scores of people were killed or injured during a stadium rally on Monday in the capital Conakry. State security forces opened fire at around 50,000 opposition supporters who were protesting at the [...]

Dafur Refugees Raped in Chad

By Tayo Adelaja

Published: September 30, 2009

  Dafur Refugees Raped in Chad By Tayo Adelaja Sudanese refugees who fled conflict in Darfur to seek safety in refugee camps in Chad face high levels of rape and violent assault, a report by Amnesty International claims. The report, published today, accuses the international community and United Nations peacekeeping forces in the area of [...]

IMF to Help Angola with $890Million Loan To Alleviate Cash Flow Pressures

By Tayo Adelaja

Published: September 30, 2009

IMF to Help Angola with $890Million Loan To Alleviate Cash Flow Pressures     By Tayo Adelaja The International Monetary Fund has drawn up a preliminary agreement with Angola to grant up to 890 million US dollars in loans. The deal, announced on Tuesday September 29, 2009, will help alleviate the country’s immediate cash flow [...]

Drug in Villages Could Prevent Maternal Deaths

By Tayo Adelaja

Published: September 30, 2009

Drug in Villages Could Prevent Maternal Deaths By Tayo Adelaja Community-based access to drugs for hemorrhages and infection could significantly prevent maternal deaths in Africa, a new paper by researchers at University College London has found. The researchers developed a mathematical model to estimate the impact of providing misoprostol drugs, which are used to induce [...]

TIME TO GET THINGS RIGHT WITH Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) REDISTRICTING

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: September 30, 2009

TIME TO GET THINGS RIGHT WITH Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) REDISTRICTING     It is said no matter how dead a clock is, it will be right at least twice in a day. INEC for all its antecedents may have finally sounded a note of rightness by its identification of redistricting as a priority [...]

Somalia Cracks Down on Migrants

By admin

Published: September 29, 2009

Somalia Cracks Down on Migrants Somalian authorities in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland have launched a crackdown on thousands of migrants attempting to escape to Yemen, IRIN News has reported. Up to 5,000 Somalis and Ethiopians displaced by conflict, poverty and hunger are gathered in Bossasso, where they reportedly pay smugglers at least 150 [...]

Gabon To Recount Votes

By admin

Published: September 29, 2009

Gabon To Recount Votes The constitutional court of Gabon will today start recounting votes from last month’s disputed presidential election. The ruling was made after opposition candidates filed 11 complaints alleging the poll had been fixed. The recount will be done in the presence of representatives of the plaintiffs and is expected to last all [...]

China Seeks Nigeria’s Oil

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: September 29, 2009

  China Seeks Nigeria’s  Oil   A Chinese state-owned oil company is negotiating drilling rights for several onshore oil blocks in Nigeria, the Financial Times reports today. China’s CNOOC is said to be attempting to buy six billion barrels of oil, equivalent to one sixth of Nigeria’s proven reserves. The deal could potentially pitch the [...]

“Why I Am After the Iboris of Nigeria”- Ribadu

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Published: September 28, 2009

“Why I Am After the Iboris of Nigeria”-Ribadu By Nuhu Ribadu Ordinarily, I will not like to dignify Mr. James Ibori, former governor of Delta State, with a response to the tissue of lies and cheap fabrications that he let loose in the press conference he held over the weekend. But it is important to [...]

Democracy and Kaakhi Mentality

By Henry Akubue

Published: September 28, 2009

                        Democracy and Kaakhi Mentality By Henry Akubue/Nigeria   Democracy in a lay man’s understanding is defined as the government of the people, for the people and by the people. Democracy in its entirety is seen as the generally accepted form of governance and hence has to be practiced both in governance and attitude. [...]

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